Flash Fiction by Thomas Hiscock
I woke up tasting blood.
Biting my lip, I tried to rally saliva but only managed bile … and a grimace …
Oh, fuck me … and more blood.
Blood doesn’t taste like … ‘pennies’…
Blood tastes like salt and sex …
Blood tastes like power …
… Where’d it come from?
I searched my face, wincing as I stumbled over a patchwork of torn skin …
Struggling upright, I tried to stand – rejected by white-hot pain and fatigue –
the ground rushed to meet me and I curled up … CURLED UP … crawling in the filth like a GODDAMN FUCKING WORM!
My fingers scrabbled for purchase, nails caked with dirt and shame.
I blinked stars from my eyes but the tears wouldn’t leave – every breath, agony.
“WHY?!” I screamed, pleading with the gloom …
I never wanted to suffer … but by God, I’d beg to die …
Where the fuck was I?!
There was nothing — save silence,
and the taste of pennies in my fucking mouth …
Text © Thomas Hiscock
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